RECON: TNO occultation with 15788

Event between (15788) 93SB and star GA1140:00915449 with event index number of 1299635

Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/04 15:32:41 UTC

J2000 position of star is 04:59:30.0 +24:42:25
Equinox of date position of star is 05:00:54.3 +24:44:23
Stellar brightness G=12.1, use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 123 degrees from the moon. Moon is 45% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2

Object is 26.8 AU from the Sun and 25.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.3 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 3.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 191 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 1091 km.

The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=154.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Diameter=63.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 15788, (2024/01/04 15:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:37:18.1 +16:33:21  0.8  9.88 129
Alnath         05:27:48.7 +28:37:32  1.6  7.14 117
98 Tau         04:59:37.7 +25:05:07  5.8  0.46 123
PPM 093936     05:00:20.7 +24:31:50  8.4  0.25 123
15788          05:00:58.1 +24:44:29 12.1       123
Positions are for equinox of date

Azimuth is measured in degrees eastward from north. North is at an azimuth of 0, due East is at an azimuth of 90 degrees, due South is 180, and due West is 270.

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Star training set for 15788, (2024/01/04 15:29UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Aldebaran      04:35:55.3 +16:30:29  0.8  9.88 129
Alnath         05:26:17.5 +28:36:23  1.6  7.14 117
98 Tau         04:58:09.4 +25:03:00  5.8  0.46 123
PPM 093936     04:58:52.8 +24:29:45  8.4  0.25 123
15788          04:59:30.0 +24:42:25 12.1       123
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/24 03:58:24 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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